Thanks ampeater! I would use MDO normally, but am wanting to create a “weathered” effect on the sign and would like to be able to slightly see the different peices of wood that makeup the sign if that makes any sense. lol.

Will do. I am kinda leary of roughing it up tooooo much as I’m afraid it will drink paint. What I had though about doing was painting it and scratching and scoring it up pretty good to remove a lot of paint back down to a base coat for a weathered look, and maybe try the pressure washing “rough out” with the trime pieces.